Skyway Library Skyway, Washington Architect BuildingWork/Weinstein AU After Photos CourtesyPhotos Laura of Swimmer The Skyway Library with its carefully detailed blue skin and inviting entrance raised above the busy street. Located in an unincorporated area between the cities of Seattle and Renton, Washington, Skyway is a working class suburban community that is under-served by public infrastructure and services. The neighborhood is home to large numbers of international immigrants, low-income families, and others who have been displaced by or excluded from Seattle’s rapid redevelopment and expanding economy. The Skyway Library occupies a prominent triangular site on a fast-moving thoroughfare, adjacent to storefront churches and small businesses. The project design includes a large plaza with public art, seating, and a grove of trees, providing a much-needed civic gathering space. The library building is raised several steps above the busy street, and layered plantings and trees filter sunlight and views along the library’s extensive The large, open light-filled reading room. window walls. The spacious reading room is open, flexible, and filled with daylight. A large circular skylight lined with color changing Boeing surplus parts facility. In addition to community members’ requests for an lights marks and enlivens the children’s collections for children, teens, and adults, inspiring public space. The building’s area. The “living room” area has a twenty- the library offers patrons two dozen public entry porch is lined with reclaimed foot-high window wall that affords views computers, quiet study areas, and a large teak. A carefully-detailed aluminum skin of Mount Rainier and a communal study multi-use meeting room. wraps the building in shades of blue that table made from a repurposed airplane The library’s sculptural form responds resonate with and reflect the color of the wing30 that was sourced from the nearby to the site’s unique geometry and to skyDesign at Cost dusk Data/September-October and dawn. 2017 Architect The library's sculptural form responds to the site's unique geometry. Photos CourtesyPhotos Laura of Swimmer The entrance filled with public art and benches. The building's unique form reponds to the lot's odd shape. The library offers patrons two dozen public computers. The building's entry porch is lined with reclaimed teak. Product Information Building Envelope: Windows, Entrances, Storefronts & Curtainwall: Dri-Design Private study areas that don't block the sun. Kawneer Design Cost Data/September-October 2017 31 CIVIC CV170930 Architect Skyway Library 0’ 5’ 10’ 20’ 1. public plaza 2. “skystones” art installation 3. entry lobby 4. service desk BuildingWork/Weinstein AU 5. self-check 6. holds Project3131 Western Team Avenue, #526, Seattle, WA 98121 7. fiction 8. teens www.buildingwork.design 9. media/periodicals Structural Engineer 10. computers 11. non-fiction 12. community living room 15 13. study room 14. children Mechanical Engineer 15. multi-use room Magnusson Klemencic Associates 16. storage 17. staff work room 1301 5th Avenue, #3200, Seattle, WA 98101 18. staff break room 16 14 Electrical Engineer Sider + Byers 13 192 Nickerson Street, #300, Seattle, WA 98109 18 General Contractor Travis Fitzmaurice & Associates 17 4 10 11 1200 Westlake Avenue, N., #509, Seattle, WA 98109 12 Cost Estimator 1 Beisley, Inc. 3 2 7 8 9 P.O. Box 2355, Belfair, WA 98528 5 6 LightingThe Robinson Designer Company 101 Stewart Street, # 925, Seattle, WA 98101 Project Blanca GeneralLighting Design Description 2830 23rd Avenue, W., Seattle, WA 98199 Location: Building Height: Date Bid: ConstructionSkyway, Period: Washington Basic ConstructionFirst Type: floor, varies, 10'6" to 22'6"; total at roof Total SquareJun Feet: 2014 parapet,Foundation: 24'4". Exterior Walls: Site: Aug 2014 to Jan 2015 New. Roof: Grade beams on pin piles. Number of Buildings:8,448 Floors: Structural steel, metal studs. 0.598 acres. Building Sizes: InteriorMembrane. Walls: One. Access. First floor, 8,448; total, 8,448 square feet. Metal stud drywall. DIVISION COST % OF SQ.FT. SPECIFICATIONS COST COST PROCUREMENT & CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS 45,000 1.34 5.33 — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 652,743 19.41 77.27 — CONCRETE 201,200 5.98 23.82 Forming & accessories, reinforcing, precast. MASONRY 3,200 0.10 0.38 Unit. METALS 517,000 15.37 61.20 Structural metal framing, decking, cold-formed metal framing, decorative. WOOD, PLASTICS & COMPOSITES 68,500 2.04 8.11 Finish carpentry, architectural woodwork, plastic fabrications. THERMAL & MOISTURE PROTECTION 474,375 14.10 56.15 Thermal protection, weather barriers, roofing & siding panels, flashing & sheet metal, roof & wall specialties & accessories, fire & smoke protection, joint protection. OPENINGS 211,501 6.29 25.04 Doors & frames, specialty doors & frames, entrances, storefronts & curtainwalls, windows, roof windows & skylights, hardware, glazing, louvers & vents. FINISHES 356,925 10.61 42.25 Plaster, gypsum board, ceilings, flooring, wall finishes, acoustic treatment, painting & coating. SPECIALTIES 60,000 1.78 7.10 Visual display, projection screens, lockers, toilet compartments, toilet accessories, book depositories. FURNISHINGS 13,000 0.39 1.54 Window shades. FIRE SUPPRESSION 33,000 0.98 3.91 Water-based fire-suppression systems, fire extinguishing systems. PLUMBING 88,450 2.63 10.47 Piping & pumps, equipment, fixtures. HVAC 276,550 8.22 32.74 Piping & pumps, air distribution, decentralized HVAC equipment. ELECTRICAL 329,000 9.78 38.94 Medium-voltage distribution, low-voltage transmission, lighting. COMMUNICATIONS 18,500 0.55 2.18 Voice. ELECTRONIC SAFETY & SECURITY 14,400 0.43 1.69 Fire alarm. TOTAL BUILDING COSTS 3,363,344 100% $398.12 EXISTING CONDITIONS 1,010,000 Site demolition-environmental clean-up. EARTHWORK 96,000 Site clearing, excavation support & protection. EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS 341,500 Bases, bollards & paving, pavement markings, planting, irrigation. UTILITIES 106,378 Water, sanitary sewerage, storm drainage. TOTAL PROJECT COST 4,917,222 UPDATED ESTIMATE TO OCTOBER 2017: $455.00 PER SQUARE FOOT Regional Cost Trends This project, updated to October 2017 in the selected cities of the United States. EASTERN U.S. Sq.Ft. Total CENTRAL U.S. Sq.Ft. Total WESTERN U.S. Sq.Ft. Total ________________________________________________ Cost Cost ________________________________________________ Cost Cost ________________________________________________ Cost Cost Atlanta, GA Dallas, TX Los Angeles, CA Pittsburgh, PA Kansas City, KS Las Vegas, NV New York, NY $380.54 $3,214,833 Chicago, IL $368.13 $3,110,001 Seattle, WA $492.22 $4,158,316 $479.82 $4,053,485 $496.36 $4,193,260 $450.86 $3,808,878 $612.18For more information$5,171,687 on this project and$517.04 similar projects$4,367,979 visit www.dcdarchives.com$492.22 $4,158,316 32 Design Cost Data/September-October 2017.